Head-to-head Dota 2 7.41f win rate from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Anti-Mage wins the Anti-Mage vs Pugna matchup: Anti-Mage beats Pugna in 53.76% of 28,318 ranked matches.
Assuming this matchup is a simple counter is a common mistake. While Anti-Mage's Mana Break and Mana Void are threatening to a hero like Pugna, the caster has excellent tools to fight back. A well-placed Nether Ward makes every Blink from Anti-Mage a painful choice, chipping away at his health. Decrepify can also save Pugna or an ally from physical attacks, buying crucial time to turn the fight. It's not a free kill; AM has to pick his moment carefully.
The game often boils down to a race. Pugna wants to group with his team and pressure objectives early, leveraging Nether Blast on towers to end the game before Anti-Mage gets his key items. AM’s job is to survive, split-push, and avoid these big fights until he's strong enough to hunt. A farmed Anti-Mage can eventually control the map and pick Pugna off, but he first has to weather the storm of Pugna's powerful mid-game timing.
How the matchup shifts across skill brackets — Anti-Mage's win rate against Pugna in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Anti-Mage win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 50.85% | 295 |
| Crusader & Archon | 51.11% | 769 |
| Legend & Ancient | 49.82% | 823 |
| Divine & Immortal | 46.11% | 180 |
Anti-Mage's win rate against Pugna in each recent balance patch — whether this matchup is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Anti-Mage win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 53.76% | ▲ +1.3pp | 28,318 |
| 7.41e | 52.41% | ▼ -0.5pp | 73,893 |
| 7.41d | 52.94% | ▲ +0.4pp | 81,463 |
| 7.41c | 52.56% | — | 36,768 |
Move this data into a draft
Anti-Mage starts on Radiant and Pugna on Dire. Add the other eight picks to see whether this head-to-head edge survives the full draft.
Data updated Oct 5, 2026.